Pup update 19th of Jan

Luna has been experiencing some problems,she had not passed any motion and although this can happen to pups who have been very starved,poor Luna has been the unfortunate victim of marine litter.To-day she passed a baloon bearing the logo of Harveys furniture store sale.The ballon had been blocking her intestine and since passing the obstruction her function has now returned to normal.
Roxy had got full movement in both her rear flippers this has been very stressful for all at the hospital as we have all had to wait to see if she would regain movement as the prognosis was very poor if she didnot improve.We all said a collective hurrah as Roxy is a character a beautiful girl with a gentle spirit.

Latest arrival 13th of Jan

Our latest pup arrived from Scrabster harbour,Richard dropped her off at Tesco car park as Jamie and I were in getting some shopping.She was in a very poor state,13.3kg at 5-6 weeks old fully moulted and emaciated.On full examination she was full of sand her teeth barely visible luckily no other injuries.Pup was named Luna a very pale girl similar colour to Roxy.Luna is feisty in short bursts,when she was tube fed hydration fluids her stomach also had lots of sand as the tube was coated.Poor girl must have been sucking sand on the beach for a while.

Video of Moss release

We hope you enjoy the video of Moss being released.

Moss release,Hogmany 2008

Moss was our first grey seal release of the season.The weather was lovely and calm, blue skies and absolutely freezing.Moss had reached his target weight and was all set to go.He was loaded in to his tub for the short journey to his release site.We contacted Debbie the local lady that had watched Moss and reported him as a stranded pup.He had quite a send off, it was the first release our volunteers had assisted on and it was quite emotional.Moss cautiously took to the water after some gentle persuasion.It was the best new year celebration you could get.Thank you to all that helped Moss get back to the sea where he belongs.

New Arrival,update 30th of december

Frosty was found at Wellego Steps he had multiple wounds on his abdomen,chin and multiple bite marks on his front right flipper.Otherwise he was in ok body condition at 26kg and fully moulted.Lucky is body fat had protected his muscle layer from damage as his abdomenal wounds were very deep.Frosty has a very fiesty nature and ate fish for himself very quickly.We are treating his wounds with antibiotics and a gel called intrasite,this promotes healing and granulation of the tissue.He has settled in to the nursery very well and he is a lovely pup.

Christmas pups

Christmas Card Competition Winner

We finally have a winner of our Christmas Card Competition! After recieving lots of wonderful entries we have picked the best. This has been an extremely hard decision but without further ado, the winner is.......(drum roll).................... Katie Mackay, 8years, from Miller academy Thurso, P4/5.
Katie will be out the Hospital soon to see the seals and maybe help us feed them.


here is Katies winning card






Thanks to all the children for the wonderful entries from all at the Highland Seal Hospital.



Jamie + Heather